Pain associated with labour has been described as one of the most intense forms of pain that can be experienced by woman. According to WHO, 80% of health care in developing countries are comprised of indigenous traditional health practices rather than western biomedicine. Beside conventional approaches, there are many complementary and alternative methods have been reported to reduce pain during labour. The conventional medicines are epidural analgesia, injected drug and complementary approaches are mind body interventions, hypnosis, biofeedback,yoga, music therapy and alternative approaches are acupuncture, acupressure, manual healing, hydrotherapy, TENS, herbal medicine and aromatherapy. The role of midwife is close monitoring of the patients using CAM and proper documentation. The present article suggests that complementary and alternative medicine may be helpful for women with labour pain.
